How do you patina brass hands?

[rustyscoot]

Hi all, I’m having a hard time getting my hands to patina. Does anybody have any tips please?

They’re raw brass.

Vinegar and salt is doing nothing!

Thanks.

[Belkin12]

Most likely the hands are gold plated if vinegar and salt don't work. To be 100% sure try a boiled egg trick - http://homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3161

Otherwise you'll have to strip the gold layer to bare a brass.

[rustyscoot]

Thanks Belkin I’ll get some eggs on.

[jrlmsla]

Liver of Sulfur is the bomb. Hard to find sometimes though.

[Mir36]

Liver of Sulfur is the bomb. Hard to find sometimes though.

+ Same tip @Madasboot shared with me.

[madasboot]

Liver of Sulfur is the bomb. Hard to find sometimes though.

+ Same tip @Madasboot shared with me.

J.
In Singapore it can be found at Beads and Co at Somerset vaults

[Aikidosan]

"Brass Black" works very good and is fast

[rustyscoot]

Thanks for the liver of sulphur and brass black tips. Even the eggs did nothing! I sanded the hands a bit too in case there was a lacquer or plating, but nothing.

They still look mint!!

Must be some high grade brass!!

[Belkin12]

To sand-a-bit is not enough. Usually, generic plated hands have minimum 2 coating layers, for instance, nickel and gold. Sometimes there might be a layer of clear lacquer, yes. So it needs pretty thorough sanding.